BIBLE COLLEGE SA NESB Application Form Please complete and submit to registrar@biblecollege.sa.edu.au or post to 176 Wattle Street, Malvern SA 5061 Tel : (08) 8291 8188 www.biblecollege.sa.edu.au Personal Information Title Given Names Surname Date of birth / / Marital Status Spouse s name Number of Children Address Phone (home) Phone (Mobile) Email Would you be willing for your name, email and photo to appear in the College Directory? Y / N Christian Life and Church Affiliation Describe how you became a Christian and have grown as a follower of Jesus 1
What are your core Christian beliefs? Can you assent to BCSA s Statement of Beliefs (as appended at the end of this form)? Y / N Home Church Years as a member If you have been at your current church less than three years, what was your former church and why did you leave? How do you serve in your church? Indicate any leadership roles. 2
Give details of any past ministry roles. Give details of any former ministry training. Study at BCSA What are your goals for studying? 3
What academic study have you done in the past? What qualifications have you earned? Please provide copies of you academic transcripts. Are you aware of any factors that might compromise your ability to complete your studies as part of the Bible College SA student body? (e.g. health concerns, financial limitations, academic capacity, etc.) 4
Statistical Information This section is required by the Commonwealth Government as part of reporting requirements. Do you have a disability, impairment or long term medical condition which may affect your studies? Y / N If yes, please indicate the area/s of impairment. Hearing Learning Mobility Vision Medical Other Would you like to receive advice on support services, equipment and facilities which may assist you? Y / N Please indicate which (if any) of the following applies to you: (you can indicate more than one option) Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Distance Student Overseas Student IELTS score (if overseas student) Country of birth Year of arrival in Australia Language spoken at home Australian Citizenship Other Citizenship Parent or Guardian s highest level of education Parent or Guardian 1 : Gender Highest Level Parent or Guardian 2 : Gender Highest Level Basis for admission to this course Tertiary Entrance Score (if admission on basis of educational achievement) 5
Referees Please provide the name and contact details for two Christian people who Bible College SA can contact with some questions regarding your suitability for formal theological studies. One referee should be your current pastor. Christian Leader / Pastor : Title Name Church Position Email Phone Another Christian person who knows you well : Title Name Church Position Email Phone Bible College SA delivers the academic program of the Australian College of Theology, a government registered provider. CRICOS Provider Code 02650E 6
Statement of Beliefs The Bible College of South Australia is orthodox in faith, evangelical in outlook, evangelistic in emphasis and interdenominational in character. The following fundamentals are strictly held: We believe in the Old and New Testaments as inspired of God and wholly trustworthy, and that they are of supreme and final authority in faith and life. We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten of the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary, and is true God and true man inseparably joined in one person for ever. We believe that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also that spiritual death which is separation from God; and that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. We believe in the personality of the devil and the universality and heinousness of sin. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures as a substitutionary sacrifice; and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood. We believe that salvation is by grace through faith, and that all who by faith receive the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit, and thereby become children of God. We believe in the physical resurrection of our Lord, in His ascension into Heaven, and in His present life there for us, as High Priest and Advocate. We believe in the return of our Lord Jesus Christ to gather His elect, to manifest His Kingdom in power and glory, and to judge the world in righteousness. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting punishment of the impenitent. We believe that the Church is the company of all who have been born again through faith in Christ and have been formed by His Spirit into one body, of which He is the Head, and that the Church is commissioned to go into all the world and proclaim the good news of salvation. 7